Mumbai: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express train deviated from its scheduled route. In fact, the train was bound for Margao, but it took another route due to technical glitches at Dewar station in Thane district of Maharashtra. The flight to Goa was delayed by 90 minutes due to diversion. Officials said the Konkan-bound train did not proceed to Panvel station on the Dewar-Panvel railway line but diverted to Kalyan at 6.10 am. The incident resulted in delays in local train services in Mumbai on the Central Railway.
Vande Bharat train takes another route
Central Railway chief public relations officer Swapnil Neela said the incident took place due to glitches in signaling and telecommunication systems at point 103 between Down Fast Line and Fifth Line at Diva Junction. . Trains from Diva Junction to Konkan run regularly to Panvel station. Officials said the train deviated from its scheduled route and later reached Kalyan station. It then returns to Deewar Junction before the train continues on to Margao along the Deewar-Panvel route. Swapnil Neela said that the train stayed at Diva Junction for about 35 minutes from 6.10 to 7.45 am and then the train left for Kalyan.
The train is taken back to Diva station
Central Railway chief public relations officer Swapnil Neela said: “The train reached platform number six of Kalyan station via line five at around 7:04 pm. At 7:13 pm, it passed platform six Line was brought back to Diva station” CSMT-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express train will be launched in June 2023 at 5:25 am. Departing from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminal in Mumbai, it arrived at Madgaon, Goa at 1:10 pm on the same day. Railway officials said such incidents are very rare in the automatic signaling system in suburban Mumbai. (input – institution)
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